The Shrimp Fishing Nets (Wales) Order 2003

Prohibition on fishing for shrimps without a separator trawl or sorting grid

3.  British fishing boats are prohibited from carrying or deploying a net, whose mesh measures between 16 and 31 millimetres unless —

(a) netting, the mesh of which measures at least twice that of the codend and nor more than 70 millimetres, is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that —

(i) fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the netting; and

(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the netting are able to escape;

(b) a rigid grid, the spacing between the bars of which is no more than 20 millimetres is fitted across the entire cross-section of the net in such a way that —

(i) fish cannot reach the codend without first passing through the grid; and

(ii) there is a hole in the net through which all fish that do not pass through the grid are able to escape.

(c) no fish have been retained on board the boat; or

(d) where fish have been retained on board the boat, less than 60% by live weight of the total catch retained comprises common shrimps (Crangon spp.), Aesop shrimps (Pandalus montagui) or a combination of the two.